Brining empathy to online communication.

House Party is one of the best ways to video chat with multiple people at once. It works incredibly well, and has a really fun, unique interface. The video quality is impressive. You can lock a "Room" to have only you and someone else, but you can have up to 8 people on the screen at once! Give it a try.

Dhananjay Yadav- Growth Hacking and Performance Marketing

Even I recommend Zoom for professional conferences but if you are looking for something more casual and fun than you might love Houseparty

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Metro

The latest app that has captured the imagination teenagers these days is Houseparty which, thankfully, has nothing to do with alcohol and everything to do with video chatting with friends.

BuzzFeed

With Facebook reportedly hard at work cloning its group video chat service, Houseparty is playing some offense. Houseparty, an app which connects people with their friends in spontaneous video chats, is today releasing its first major product update - a new feature that lets users form groups of up to 16 people, and call them in organized video chats.

The new Snapchat, redesigned to separate social from media

New Snapchat now separates the social from the media. This means that the Chats and Stories from your friends are on the left side of Snapchat, and the Stories from publishers, creators, and the community are on the right. It also includes algorithm changes to surface your best friends.

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Paramesh- Inbound marketer and growth hacker

It introduced disappearing messages stories to social media

Hari Mahesh- partner operations, emergence capital

The Media part of New Snapchat is increasingly becoming my go-to destination for curated news that is specific and focused. The channel that I have been watching the most is SportsCenter. They post everyday at 5 AM and 5 PM, and give me the best updates on everything sports. I am still exploring other channels, but I think the quality of these channels will …See more

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The Verge

Snap has finally released its new, rebuilt Snapchat Android app, which the company has been rewriting from the ground up since the beginning of 2018 to bring performance for the Android version up to par with the iOS app.

TechCrunch

Snap is under NDA with the UK's Home Office as part of a working group tasked with coming up with more robust age verification technology that's able to robustly identify children online. The detail emerged during a parliamentary committee hearing as MPs in the Department for Digital, C...

The Verge

Snap may be launching a new gaming platform for Snapchat as early as next month at the company's Snap Partner Summit in Los Angeles on April 4th, according to a report from Cheddar .

TechCrunch

Snapchat isn't growing again, but at least it didn't hemorrhage any more users in its Q4 earnings report. The company stayed flat at 186 million daily users after falling from 191 million in Q1 to 188 million in Q2 to 186 million in Q3, exceeding an expected quarterly loss though Snapch...

Business Insider

Snapchat's biggest redesign ever simplifies the app into three main windows and separates all communication with friends from being shown next to professionally produced content. A new Discover feed shows algorithmically sorted content from media partners and verified celebrities. Unlike Facebook, Snap employees will approve everything that appears in its co…See more

TechCrunch

Shopify's new Arrive app is your package tracking pal By putting best friends first and dividing them from professional publishers, Snapchat hopes to conquer Instagram and revive its own growth with a big redesign that begins rolling out Friday. And it looks great. Snapchat is finally personalizing, highlighting the most relevant content so it's easier to co…See more

Skype, made simple. Cross platform & shareable links.

Amazing UI and UX, when you open the app you are in another world. 🤘🏼
The new game feature is really cool and now you can roll a dice and having a call with a random user, so fun !! 🎲
A must have, also work on desktop ! ⬇️

Live video chat with friends, now with groups and texting 🎉

Houseparty 1.5 is FaceTime for groups. Now you can make guest lists, name your groups, and group chat away (pro tip: you can even buzz the guest list all at once). Pretend keeping your social circles separate in real life is as easy as separate Houseparty rooms.

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Ever Gonzales _- im 12 years old

hey bro how you doing

Gabriel Lewis- 🤔

House Party is one of the best ways to video chat with multiple people at once. It works incredibly well, and has a really fun, unique interface. The video quality is impressive. You can lock a "Room" to have only you and someone else, but you can have up to 8 people on the screen at once! Give it a try.

Dhananjay Yadav- Growth Hacking and Performance Marketing

Even I recommend Zoom for professional conferences but if you are looking for something more casual and fun than you might love Houseparty

Around the web

Metro

The latest app that has captured the imagination teenagers these days is Houseparty which, thankfully, has nothing to do with alcohol and everything to do with video chatting with friends.

BuzzFeed

With Facebook reportedly hard at work cloning its group video chat service, Houseparty is playing some offense. Houseparty, an app which connects people with their friends in spontaneous video chats, is today releasing its first major product update - a new feature that lets users form groups of up to 16 people, and call them in organized video chats.

50+ channels of live TV for $39.99/mo 📺

Watch your favorite live sports, news, entertainment, and more. Plus, get unlimited access to the entire Hulu streaming library – all for only $44.99/month

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TechCrunch

Disney will be taking full operational control of Hulu, although Comcast will hold onto its ownership stake until 2024. Disney became a majority owner of in the streaming service - currently a joint venture between Disney and Comcast - earlier this year with the acquisition of Fox. And last month, ...

TechCrunch

Hulu and Spotify today announced an expansion of their partnership on discounted streaming bundles, which lowers the price of Hulu's ad-supported service to, well... nothing. Starting today, Spotify Premium subscribers can basically tack on a Hulu subscription for free on top of their exi...

The Verge

Disney is close to owning a majority stake in Hulu, and now the company is reportedly looking to expand that by acquiring AT&T's 10 percent stake in the streaming service. Disney is in active talks with AT&T to buy its stake in Hulu, according to Variety.

Watch YouTube & Twitch videos with people online

This is a good one. Puts you in a virtual room with seating to watch with others.

Ryan Hoover- Founder, Product Hunt

&chill is a cool site for watching YouTube (and Twitch) videos with your friends or strangers, in real-time. It's reminiscent of turntable.fm which was an amazing/fun platform for discovering new music. This does that for videos.

Screen share with friends from a group video chat ✨

Squad lets you hang out with friends in all of your favorite apps. Start a group video chat, then broadcast your screen so everyone can see what you see. Show friends anything on your phone from text messages to TikTok videos. Instagram together. Snapchat together. Tinder together. Shop together. Spotify together. 😳😍😂 Join the iOS beta!

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Medium

The beta version of Squad is live in the App Store. An Android version is coming soon - so get on the list if you want to hear when it drops. Oh and we're on Product Hunt today. (Thx in advance for...

Listen to music together

On we:fm you listen to music together, at the same time, with friends. Connect your Spotify account, find your friends, and listen. While listening together in the same station, you can chat, save songs and more!

It’s cool to listen together: knowing the others in the stations are listening to the exact same part of the song.

A creative music video clip maker 🎬

Tik Tok is a global video community powered by music. Whether it’s dance, free-style or performance, creators are encouraged to let their imagination run wild and set their expressions free. Designed for the new generation of creators, TikTok allows users to quickly and easily create unique short videos to share with friends and the world.

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The Verge

Additional sources are confirming that ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, is in the process of developing a paid music streaming service, according to Bloomberg . There was talk of ByteDance developing such a music streaming app back in early April.

TechCrunch

An Indian state court has reversed its ban on TikTok, allowing the short video app to return to both Apple and Google's app stores, according to a report this morning from Reuters. Earlier this month, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had ordered TikTok be remov...

TechCrunch

TikTok, the user-generated video sharing app from Chinese publisher Bytedance that has been a global runaway success, has stumbled hard in one of the world's biggest mobile markets, India, over illicit content in its app. Today, the country's main digital communications regulator, the M...

TechCrunch

A turbulent 2018 for China's gaming market hasn't held back newcomers. Bytedance, the world's most valuable startup behind a collection of rising new media apps including TikTok and Jinri Toutiao, is making a further push into video games after it took control of a mobile game dev...

The Verge

TikTok will no longer allow children under 13 to upload videos, leave comments, build a profile, or send messages, after a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission required the company to come into compliance with a federal children's privacy law.

The Verge

TikTok will pay $5.7 million in fines to settle accusations that it violated children's privacy law, the Federal Trade Commission said today. The short-form video app and social network is also being required to gain parental approval for users under 13 years of age, to comply with federal law.

Sensortower

Global mobile app installs on Apple's App Store and Google Play grew 7.6 percent in the first quarter of 2018 to 25.4 billion, according to Sensor Tower Stor...

TechNode

Douyin has become the world most downloaded non-game app in the iOS App Store, according to market research company SensorTower. The short video app has been downloaded 45.8 million times from the App Store during the first three months of 2018 exceeding Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

The way to watch anything with anyone

Discover, share and watch content anywhere with your friends. React and respond in-the-moment or when you have time. Even if you're in a different city, another country, or on the other side of the world, Rabbit helps you keep in touch with your friends while watching your favorite shows together.

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Medium

Let's admit it - half of the fun of watching TV and movies is being able to talk about it with your friends. (The other fun part is lounging on the couch.) If you're watching by yourself, it can be a...

VentureBeat

Rabbit is reminding us all today that it's fun to watch your favorite shows with your friends. And it's announcing more ways for you to do it anytime, anywhere, even when you're not physically together.

Hang out with group video, share music & videos

Airtime is much more versatile than just listening to Podcast. You can watch Youtube videos together, not just as two user but as a group. They have both an iOS and Android App, which is important as your group can consist of a diverse set of devices. Check them out.

Send videos and reactions in group chats with friends

Watch TV with your friends on Facebook

Facebook has officially launched a new feature called Watch Party that will let users simultaneously watch Facebook videos together. Their streams will be synced so they can comment and react while the host adds videos to the watch queue and controls playback.

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CNNMoney

It's called Watch Party, and it lets people in Facebook groups watch live or recorded videos together while interacting in real time. Starting today, everyone in a dog lovers group can get together to view clips of golden retriever puppies, while Anglophiles can relive the royal wedding.

The Verge

Facebook has officially launched a new feature called Watch Party that will let users simultaneously watch Facebook videos together. Their streams will be synced so they can comment and react while the host adds videos to the watch queue and controls playback.

A new virtual self platform on mobile

Join the world’s largest avatar community, with millions of user-generated avatars and environments. Every day, people log in to #ME to create rooms and games, style their avatars and keep in touch across #ME’s many social features.

Make new friends in a ghostly fashion!

Casper is a simple, modern chat app with no surprises. You can meet new people, add them, and chat with them once they've added you back. If you want to be discovered easier, you can "boost" your profile for visibility. If you want to meet a lot of new people in a short amount of time, this is your app!

Listen to music together, and talk!

Switchboard Music lets you listen to music together. Drop in through the intercom or keep voice/video chats open indefinitely for totally spontaneous conversation. The music volume adjusts automatically when someone speaks. You can listen to your own music or synchronize with your friends.

Make new friends through real-time video chat

Surf is a fun way to video chat with a diverse set of people all across the United States to exchange thoughts and ideas while creating new memories together. Unlike other random video chat applications, Surf’s goal is to turn your random video chat into a good friend.